Folding step



(No Model.)

H. T. CORK.

FOLDING STEP. No. 398,496'. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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SPECFI-CATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,496, dated February 26, 1889.

Application tiled December l2, 1888, Serial No. 293,392. (No model.)

To all whom z may concern.:

Be it known that l, HARRISON T. CORK, of Marshall, in the county of Clark and State of illinois, have invented a new and Improved Folding Step, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to vehicle-steps, the obj ect of the invention being'to provide a step which shall be adjustable as to height, and one which, when not in use, may be folded to a position such that it will not be in the way orinterfere with the general working Ol' the vehicle in connection. with which it is arranged.

To the end named the invention consists, essentially, of a casin g pro vided with a spring'- plug and arranged for connection with a vehicle-body, an apertured standard arranged to move vertically within the casing and to be engaged by the plug, and a step hinged to an arm that is carried bythe standard, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar figures and letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side view ot a portion ol' a vehicle-body, representing the same as it appears when provided with my improved 'folding step, parts being broken away, the step bein shown as it appears when lowered for use. Fig. 2 is a seetitmal view on line .r 1 of Fig. l, and Fig. Ii is a plan view ol the parts shown in Fig. l. v

In the drawings, l() represents a port ion ol a wagon-body, to which there is secured a case, ll, said caso bei ntorxned with side flanges, l 2, and with shoulders 13. Within the l mount a standard, l-i, at the uppei 'which there are formed shoulders l5, which engage the shtmlders lf3 oi' the case ll, thus preventing the standard from being withdrawn Yfrom the case. Through the body of the standard 14, I lform a number of apertures, 2, arranged so that they may be entered by a pin Or plug, l0, that is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by a spring, 17, the plug being connected to the spring, as is also a knob or handle, 1S.

To the lower end of the standard 14, I secure an outwardly-extending arm, 19, and to this arm I hinge a step, 20, the arm being provided With aforwardly-eXtendin g shoulder, 2l, which supports the step when it is adjusted to the position shown in the drawings.

By means of the construction above described it will be seen that by withdrawing the plug 16 from engagement with the standard 14: such standard may be adjusted verti# cally'to any Vdesired position, there to be held by the plug, as will be readily understood. When the step is not in use, it is folded back to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the standard is moved upward un` til the plug 16 engages the lower one of the apertures 2. It desired, a permanent step might be secured to the vehicle-body in the position indicated by the dotted lines shown at a.

Such a step as the one above described is simple, cheap, and durable, and the parts are so arranged that the step may be moved to a position entirely out of the way, and that, too, with great ease.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with a case arranged for connection with a vehicle-body and-provided with a spring-pressed plug or pin, ot' an apertured standard mounted within the case.,

and a step hinged to the standard, substantially as shown and described.

The combination, with a case arranged t'or connection with a vehicle-body and provided with a spring-supported plug or pin, of an apertured standard mounted. within the case, an arm extending outward from the standard, and a step hinged to the arm, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a case, ll, formed with shoulders i3, oi a plug or pin, 16, a spring, l?, bywhich the plug is carried, a standard, l-l, formed with apertures 2 and with shoulders l5, an arm, i9, connected to the standard and formed with a shoulder, 2l, and a step, 20, hinged to the arm, substantially as described.

HARRISON T. CORK.

HVllitnesses:

WM. T. Waarin, Jr., EDWARD COLE. 

